These interviews were prime resources to actual people of the Great Depression. I thought it was interesting seeing the sides of the people who worked these jobs and how much they differed. They all had their own story to tell about how life was to them, and what they did to make it through tough times. An interesting example I came across was the Man at Eddies Bar, he explained how he lived a New Yorkers life. He went day to day living the rough experiences of the city, but the life of New York was not for him. I'm in New York, but New York ain't in me!" All types of people had to work at the time, men and woman. And if you were not working, your life was not one bit easy, Mrs. Mayme Reese was a housewife and she explains how hard her life was at the time of the depression, when she was not working, she enjoyed spending time with other friends. They did activites together such as knitting, "Each lady picked out her best quilt--the prettiest color, the prettiest pattern and the best stitches--and took it to the fair to try to win the prize." You could still enjoy time doing enjoyable activites despite the circumstances. Many jobs at the time were unique, rough, and not always fun. But what everyone had in common was the need to make a living no matter what the occupation was. People tried to enjoy life as much as possible despite the times.- Robert M
While reading these interviews, I learned more about what people did during the Depression. Each person had their own unique story about what they did to make it through this tough time. One interview that caught my eye was by Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller. This woman did a man’s job, since her husband was gone, which was to slaughter a pig and get it ready to be salted and stored. Bravely, she did the deed, and by the time he came home she even surprised him at the fact that she had done it by herself. Also, the interview on Chris Thorsten was surprising since he said, “You ain’t an Iron worker unless you get killed…” He later on says that he was “laid up” for four years when he was crushed between a crane and broke his collar bone, all of his ribs, and three vertebrae. Each interview told different views of how people lived during the Depression which was very interesting. Allison_e Elizabeth Miller Chris Thorsten
while i was reading the interviews i learned that alot of people had hard jobs like a iron worker they put there lives on the line for little pay for food and clothes people died every day doing there job some people starved and some people died from machines that they worked with with saftey and one person says your not a iron worker unless your died people had to do nasty jobs like animal sluter and sell the meat for money for and woman had to do men jobs for lower pay than the the men just for money to survive and to help kids to send to school.
These interviews were prime resources to actual people of the Great Depression. I thought it was interesting seeing the sides of the people who worked these jobs and how much they differed. They all had their own story to tell about how life was to them, and what they did to make it through tough times. An interesting example I came across was the Man at Eddies Bar, he explained how he lived a New Yorkers life. He went day to day living the rough experiences of the city, but the life of New York was not for him. I'm in New York, but New York ain't in me!" All types of people had to work at the time, men and woman. And if you were not working, your life was not one bit easy, Mrs. Mayme Reese was a housewife and she explains how hard her life was at the time of the depression, when she was not working, she enjoyed spending time with other friends. They did activites together such as knitting, "Each lady picked out her best quilt--the prettiest color, the prettiest pattern and the best stitches--and took it to the fair to try to win the prize." You could still enjoy time doing enjoyable activites despite the circumstances. Many jobs at the time were unique, rough, and not always fun. But what everyone had in common was the need to make a living no matter what the occupation was. People tried to enjoy life as much as possible despite the times.- Robert M
While reading these interviews, I learned more about what people did during the Depression. Each person had their own unique story about what they did to make it through this tough time. One interview that caught my eye was by Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller. This woman did a man’s job, since her husband was gone, which was to slaughter a pig and get it ready to be salted and stored. Bravely, she did the deed, and by the time he came home she even surprised him at the fact that she had done it by herself. Also, the interview on Chris Thorsten was surprising since he said, “You ain’t an Iron worker unless you get killed…” He later on says that he was “laid up” for four years when he was crushed between a crane and broke his collar bone, all of his ribs, and three vertebrae. Each interview told different views of how people lived during the Depression which was very interesting. Allison_e
Elizabeth Miller
Chris Thorsten
while i was reading the interviews i learned that alot of people had hard jobs like a iron worker they put there lives on the line for little pay for food and clothes people died every day doing there job some people starved and some people died from machines that they worked with with saftey and one person says your not a iron worker unless your died people had to do nasty jobs like animal sluter and sell the meat for money for and woman had to do men jobs for lower pay than the the men just for money to survive and to help kids to send to school.